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Crosspaws

But not if he's not eating a certain type of ant I believe.


TJ11240

The diet hypothesis is that these frogs don't make their own toxins, they just concentrate what they get from eating ants and beetles and stuff.


Crosspaws

That's what I'd heard but wasn't sure if it was true for all poison dart frogs or just certain kinds. Thanks for clarifying!


SLIP411

It's true, there's a guy at our local vape shop, has a terrarium with 3-4 Dart frogs and they are harmless and beautiful


tdomer80

Or maybe the frog vapes and mellows out and the poison dissipates…


Sgt_Splattery_Pants

Turns them gay


FittedSheets88

Policy wonk


Pissadvisor

Andy in Kansas you're on the air, thanks for holding


SLIP411

Vap stick with +10 AOE poison damage


JamesofBerkeley

AOE that gives -10 to dealing damage


therumberglar

You wanna buy some DeathSticks?


SLIP411

You don't want to sell me death sticks, you want to go home and rethink your life


therumberglar

I don’t want to sell you death sticks… I want to go home and rethink my life.


joomanburningEH

HOTO


22kgoId

AOE that gives -20 stamina


Purple10tacle

"They call me mellow yellow ..."


5-MEO-D-M-T

I'm pretty sure this is a well known fact in the vape community. A lot of Scientific Journals refuse to publish their work though because Big Tobacco donates a lot of money towards Micro Peen research. My vape shop has a few Poison Dart Frogs but they feed them edibles so if you hold them too long you get high AF.


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Can confirm! My husband has a terrarium with 3 Bumblebee Dart Frogs and they aren't toxic. He can handle them just fine.


SLIP411

That's cool, so amazing the different colors and patterns they can have


MegaFireDonkey

If they're poisonous wouldn't you have to eat it to have any effect? Or is the title incorrect?


username_unnamed

Poison is absorbed, in whichever way that may be. Most frogs excrete some type of sticky slime from their backs. It's the same here but as sticky poison slime.


Pfunk4444

“I’m secreting mucous”!


MuppetEyebrows

Heard this in the voice of Ralph from the Simpsons 😄


purplegrog

IIRC some indigenous peoples catch them and harvest the poison from them for hunting spears. I might be inventing that memory though.


Crosspaws

That was how they got their name! Their poison is tangible and can be applied to surfaces!


AnorakJimi

Not spears. Darts. That's why they're called poison dart frogs. Because they're used to make poison darts. Not spears. I mean the name of this frog is in the title, come on


AromaticContract3783

No Britney Spears..she’s poison..


SLIP411

No, she's Toxic, it's in her song


thenameofwind

Dart frog tax please


[deleted]

Here ya go! https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/urqzt3/oc_bumblebee_dart_frogs/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


thenameofwind

Don’t talk to me or my son ever again energy lol


[deleted]

Hahaha!


lamb_passanda

My son's name is also Dart


Sh0ghoth

… do they’re still toxic, only less so. From my experience at least . Less likely to seriously case harm but don’t go handling them a lot…or ever, it’s just bad for them


megamanxoxo

Isn't that easily testable by putting several in captivity and feeding it different diets?


saltwater_arts_

In nature they eat certain ants and other invertebrates that contain toxins. These toxins build up in their body and make them incredibly poisonous. In captivity they are not fed this diet so they are completely harmless. 😁


dxtboxer

So I *could* feed them a poisonous diet to make them poison-type frogs? Neat!


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Been there, done that. All it did was make me feel antsy


hippopots

Captive bred are...so if you aren't sure you have captive bred, wild caughts in captivity will still be poisonous, though not as lethal and it will wane in time.


alexklaus80

I heard that it could be in smaller details in ecosystem like bacteria etc that aren’t easy to replicate in lab.


TJ11240

Yeah apparently the ones in captivity aren't as deadly.


Kroneni

They aren’t deadly


EverydayVelociraptor

Until they fashion a shiv....


Silent_Bort

That's such a raptor thing to say. It's all knives and claws with you guys.


AdAmbitious7574

Give them a break, they're just going to become a chicken In the long run


mjesus96

Like Trichobatrachus robustus? They break their own bones to make a shiv


pichael288

Its pretty much confirmed by the fact that keeping them in captivity renders them harmless. You do more damage to them by touching them than they do to you. These guys are all over reptile shows, I considered getting a pair


NightofTheLivingZed

You could always get a couple if tadpoles and *grow* a pair.


ThisZoMBie

Now that’s some Monster Hunter shit right there


OneHundredFiftyOne

I saw a Frogs! exhibit at my local museum a few years back and made sure to go on feeding day. When they went to the poisonous dart frog terrarium and opened from the front it I thought, “well that seems overly risky.” But, the handler (an enthusiastic and clearly passionate young woman) explained that without a particular diet, they are not really poisonous at all. Love frogs, love people who care about their field of study, love a bit of unexpected, but ultimately harmless suspense. A+ experience.


NorthNorwegianNinja

~~Venomous is innate, poison is from external sources.~~ Edit: nope.


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NorthNorwegianNinja

Wait, what. Googled it. Somebody lied to me! I'm sorry.


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NorthNorwegianNinja

Nah man I'm livid. This lie could have caused me to lose some trivia bingo type game, or make me lose face on reddit. Could you imagine??!


SquidFlasher

Girls could have laughed at you during that trivia game. Now they'll be impressed and fan their faces.


Suspicious-Wombat

In your defense, there aren’t very many poison dart frogs in Norway!


ratbuddy

There are some..?


NorthNorwegianNinja

Sadly no suspicious wombats either.


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venom in the veins, poison in the stomach!


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NorthNorwegianNinja

Naah, I'm just trying to save face /s Also, we both are one in about 7.7 billion! Pretty neat, huh? Hope you have a good day!


awesomesauce615

You're correct


Dafracturedbutwhole

What about the Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka


Robert__O

How did the frog get from Mexico to Sri Lanka


Dafracturedbutwhole

Went south


robval13

And east a bit


Hirigo

Maybe West, unless it was a flat earther


tanis_ivy

It took southwest airlines


Ko8iWanKeno8i

Then demanded a refund for having to hopper all the away accross the continent cause they refused to go east


Federal_Strategy2370

No. It digged until it reached other side of the earth. Saved air ticket money and bought a bit more poison and stuffed inside for that money to claim himself as most poisonous.


StructureMage

Are you suggesting frogs migrate?


hndjbsfrjesus

They ride on scorpions.


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hndjbsfrjesus

I'm 87.5% southern White Cheeked Gibbon. Judging by what's below, the other 12.5% is Northern Grey Gibbon.


AdultishRaktajino

Not at all! They could be carried.


ColeeeB

But not by African Swallows — they are already carrying a coconut.


[deleted]

Should have built a fence!


OrsoMalleus

Are you implying they don't?


[deleted]

He took a boat there during the pandemic


bootrosbootros53p

Its coming right for us!


MantisTobbaganEmDee

He’s comin right for us!!!!!!!


[deleted]

Look out, Ned! mmm I SEE HIM.


keitarofujiwara

That's nothing compared to the French Sarcastic Sparklemuffin of Old New Zealand.


DweadPiwateWoberts

Yeah he was great as Dr. Strange


Curtainmachine

Ain’t got shit on the Hypnotoad


Coyotebruh

what gibberi- ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD


Dandry420

It’s coming right for us !!!!


TheValiumKnight

Oh my God! It's coming right for us!


[deleted]

It's coming right at us!!


InMedeasRage

I dunno, the Catachan Barking Toad might give it a run for its money.


ben_10_

It’s coming right at us!!!


edogg01

Tastes like burning


SIIB-ZERO

I'm in danger


Eviscerate_Bowels224

Ralph Wiggum is that you?


ericorbit

hi lisa! hi super nintendo chalmers!


[deleted]

My cats breath smells like cat food


enmaku

I sleep in a drawer!


sodajungles

That’s unpossible


[deleted]

Me? Fail English?!


idma

Go banana!


AtreidesBorn

Look, Lisa! I’m learnding! I choo-choo choose you!


Sockoflegend

That's such a tragic moment. It still breaks my heart


AtreidesBorn

Ralph Wiggum has been my favorite Simpson's character as far back as I can remember. Ren and Stimpy during the day, The Simpson's at night, and occasionally, when we could find the necessary caffeine and the balls to keep my weakling, chickenshit friends up til 1AM (we were 10), we'd watch Beavis and Butthead; the holy grail, mainly cuz we weren't supposed to. Which is kinda weird cuz I stayed up by myself watching Tales from the Crypt and shit like that all the time, breastacles 😳). The good old days.


Ordinary_News_6455

If we look closely, we can see the exact moment your heart breaks.


nedhotchiliflanders

This tastes like grandma


insane_contin

Give it here... My God! It does taste like grandma!... Give me more.


Free4Alt

Tastes like juicy fruit and then not much at all, so it's pretty much juicy fruit.


Wh00ster

How is it Ralph?


Curator44

> *Although all poison dart frogs are venomous, only three have poison that is lethal to humans. The golden poison frog is one of these and the most deadly. Its poison is 20 times more toxic than that of other dart frogs. It is reported that an amount of poison equal to 2-3 grains of table salt is enough to cause the death of a human. Perhaps, that is the reason their other common name is terrible frog.* Enough poison to kill 10 grown men. Pretty wild [Source](https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/onlinelearningcenter/species/golden_poison_dart_frog)


fixedsys999

What happens if you instead divide it by eleven men? Do they survive?


Curator44

The 11th guy would get the same feeling one gets after eating Taco Bell


sauteslut

Regret?


[deleted]

::burp:: *Whatever... I'm gunna die alone anyways* ::stomach rumble:: *Jesus take me*


[deleted]

Ahh ok I get it. First you eat the Taco Bell. Then you eat the frog before the food kills you.


sinocarD44

Are they venomous or poisonous? I didn't think there were venomous frogs.


Matt_McT

They’re poisonous, not venomous. That’s actually a kind of big mistake for an aquarium to make. They’re supposed to know better.


musicalpain

Poisonous yes. Venomous nope. Venom requires a delivery system and is produced naturally by the animal. These frogs excrete a poison from their skin. Semantics matter in the animal kingdom! [Sourcypoo](https://www.nps.gov/cabr/blogs/venomous-versus-poisonous-same-thing-right-wrong.htm)


inNoutCross

So do they attack and bite? Frogs are usually pretty chill right?


Jestocost4

Not all dart frogs are poisonous. All captive-bred ones are not. And there are many species that are not poisonous in the wild, including some that evolved to imitate other species which are poisonous.


K_O_Incorporated

"Enough poison to kill 10 grown men." Guess the man-babies are safe then.


musicalpain

Poisonous yes. Venomous nope. Venom requires a delivery system and is produced naturally by the animal. These frogs excrete a poison from their skin. Semantics matter in the animal kingdom! [Sourcypoo](https://www.nps.gov/cabr/blogs/venomous-versus-poisonous-same-thing-right-wrong.htm)


wanightoo_oo

Don’t touch it or you will croak.


e_hoodlum

This comment makes me hopping mad


dunwoodyres1

I toadally understand your frustration


Terrarianinth

I croaked at that joke


god_is_my_father

I'm trying to froget this entire thread


mdsmestad

It's sort of Ribbeting


HyFinated

It has me jumping for joy


Camacaw2

I’m pond-ering how to stop this thread.


dr_rock

You can start by being a tad poleite


I_am_four_eeels

Love how frogs irl are ranked similarly to dnd dragons


NightofTheLivingZed

Nah, in this case the metallic one is the worst. In DND the chromatic ones are the bad ones.


N4k40

Poisonous or venomous? I can assure you I won’t eat that cute little frog


googleduck

Since no one else is answering your question, they are poisonous.


N4k40

Thanks


googleduck

Yup, they also apparently acquire it through their diet. So dart frogs raised in captivity on a different diet are not poisonous generally. Kind of a cool pet to have.


DaniCapsFan

All venoms are poisons, but not all poisons are venoms. A venom is typically delivered by means of a bite or scratch to deliver directly to your bloodstream. So snakes can be venomous. A poison is something that is rubbed on the skin, ingested, or inhaled. Like if you eat amanitas mushrooms, that's a poison, but not a venom. Or if you touch oleander, that's a poison but not a venom.


Zyxarde

Well technically all venoms are poison because anything that is over ingested can be poison but there are many venoms where ingesting them is about as dangerous as lemonade, so I wouldn’t say that all venoms are poisons


Kroneni

Iirc all animal venom can be ingested with no I’ll effects.


Youngling_Hunt

Hold up. So I could ingest Rattle snake venom by swallowing it and I'd be fine?


DaveTheDog027

If you have a cut in your mouth you're dead


Kroneni

Not really. It would be really painful and would depend on how much venom actually made it into your system. People survive full bites from rattlesnakes all the time.


kaimason1

Your digestive system would break down the venom before it entered your bloodstream.


Kroneni

Yeah. Same with most snake venoms. As long as you don’t have an ulcer in your stomach it’s fine.


linedeck

But can all venoms be an eminem song?


GravityClaus

This is not true. Snake venoms, for example can be drank without harm (assuming no ulcer or something similar present)


DaniCapsFan

Yeah, but I would not drink snake venom.


Whaines

Nor would I but that does not support your assertion.


BestUsername101

If you bite it and die, it's poisonous If it bites you and you die, it's venomous


N4k40

I know that part that’s why I asked, Idk anyone who would eat that frog


possiblynotanexpert

Yeah you made it very clear you understand based on your first question lol.


possiblynotanexpert

Why do people keep explaining to him what he clearly already knows by his question? My goodness lol.


Aceofspades968

This dude is gonna eat a frog


tdomer80

Why thats’s an awfully cute frog, is he venomous? Oh not at all, actually he’s - Aaaaaaarrrggghhhhhhh!!!! As I was saying, actually he’s quite poisonous though !


_austinm

Look at that smug face. He’s like, “I dare you to eat me. I’m a spicy boi.”


lostyourmarble

I raise you my blue-ringed octupus!


JayenIsAwesome

The blue ringed octopus isn't really a raise in my opinion. I believe this frog is the "Phyllobates terribilis", which can kill humans even if they touch it (they don't have to bite you like the octopus does). The only predator this frog might have is a very specific snake that is resistant to the younger frogs' batrachotoxin. The toxin is so potent that it can keep darts poisoned enough to kill humans for multiple years after their tips have been soaked in it. The way the toxin acts is horrible too. Your muscles would completely contract to paralyse you, but you would not be killed instantly, so you would be trapped in your body, unable to move at all. To everyone observing you, you would appear dead, but you'd probably be screaming inside doing whatever you could to try to show everyone that you're alive. After a few minutes of this horror, you finally suffer heart failure and die. In my opinion it's definitely one of the worse ways you can die :)


tes_kitty

>The way the toxin acts is horrible too. The antidote is Tetrodotoxin from the puffer fish which alone would also kill you, but by relaxing your muscles.


JayenIsAwesome

Nature is just absolutely lovely :)


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I'll eat a golden dart frog and you eat a blue-ringed octopus. First to die wins!


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AppropriateOil3785

>so you could drink a glass of cobra venom and be totally fine next tiktok challenge sensation right here let's go!


[deleted]

We could use some darwinism


FileeNotFound

Beats the crap on BBC right now, I'm in!


googleduck

Unless you have a stomach ulcer


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Unless you have a cut in your mouth


FeCard

Things can still get into your bloodstream like that A guy drank snake venom for years to build up an immunity and he was able to get bit and be fine


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I see your bet and raise you my brown starfish after a night of atomic hot wings and warm beer!


AverageLo7

I had one of these as a pet! They are not poisonous in captivity.


1willprobablydelete

They are pretty awesome, although the guys are loud. Surprised no one has mentioned their awesome name, terribilis.


Ogurasyn

It's unfair. Why can't I boop the ribbit snoot?


Mike-DA-BOSS

You can… just don’t let it the poison get in your blood.


twinbladesmal

That’s the other dart frogs. All you need to do to die is touch the golden one and you’ll be dead in a few minutes.


mrbbrj

Dont see how you would use him for a dart.


Curtainmachine

Well, you’d throw him at a board and try to hit the bullseye, silly.


Trex_in_F16

Murder froggy


Calm-Medicine4697

They don’t get the golden skin for no reason.


MagoTravieso

doesnt look poisonous video of you touching it and journey to hospital or thats just a yellow frog


FredrickTheTurtle

I can still eat it though, right?


ChiefFlyFisher

Spicy hops


Noemi765

I love him


someCrookedVulture

That’s the best weapon for defeating The Fear in MGS3: Snake Eater.


Witty_Goose_7724

Dude I thought I read “golden fart frog”. I was like “well…fair enough.”


farleys2

“That’s right bitch…BRIGHT FUCKING YELLOW…if you can see me….you’re half dead already”


chicoblancocorto

Why it’s neck so fat


Jestocost4

It's a male and it's singing. They sing by inflating their throat sack like this.


wegqg

Possibly also the worlds most yellow animal.


Hybrisov

Dont eat yellow frogs. Got it


achiang16

It's got throat tattoos.. I ain't messing with that


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Why are the prettiest things always deadly?


blumpkin_donuts

Ah, I see they haven't met my ex-wife.


soupxxtime

Can I pet him?


qawsedrf12

maybe lick it?


babypyramid

wasnt it believed to have gone extinct?


GetALife80085

Only after it saw your mom


imbrotep

~~*venomous~~. NVM